Garter.



W. MATEER.

GARTER.

APELICATION FILED MAR. 27. 1916.

Patented June 12, 1917.

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WALTER MATEER, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

GARTER.

Application filed March 27, 1916. Serial No. 86,928.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER MATEER, a` citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mansfield, in the county ofRichland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to a method of linkf ing the elastic web of a garter to the pad thereof.

It is well known to those skilled in the art of making garters of the type which includes an elestic web and a pad, that the conventional method of fastening the elastic web to the garter consists in stitching the elastic web to the pad through the medium of a needle or the like, the resultant effect uopn the elastic web being the penetration and cutting of the rubber of the web, thereby weakening the web and destroying its elasticity at the points of stitching which materially affects its usefulness for the purpose intended.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a method of linking the elastic web of a garter to the pad thereof which obviates the necessity of stitching lthe pad to the elastic web.

A further object of this invention consists in'providing a looped member of nonelastic material which is adapted to .be stitched to the pad leaving the looped end free to provide means for yieldingly joining it to a link plate; said link plate also being so constructed as to provide means .for connecting and interlocking one end of an elastic web thereto.

These and other objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in, which:

Figure 1 is a sectional side or edge view of the invention showing the method of looping the elastic web in the slots of the link plate to connect it thereto and the means of connecting the link plate to the p Fig. 2 is a similar view to that of Fig. 1 except that the end of the elastic web is shown in its normal position interlocked to the link plate.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the invention.l

Fig. t is a detail plan View of the link plate.

Referringto the drawings, reference numerals l and 2 represent members of a pad.

The members of the pad are preferably stitched together' so as to leave portions 3 and 4 of the members disconnected from each other to permit said portions to be arranged in spaced relation. A connecting member 5 is provided which is made of non-elastic web material and doubled upon itselfto form a loop 6.

Before the pad and connecting member 5 are fastened together, a link plate 7 is loosely connected to the loop 6 of the member 5 through the medium of the slot A8 formed in said link plate.

To connect the member 5 to the pad, the ends thereof are inserted between the por tions 3 and 1 of the pad and stitched thereto in a conventional manner. The elastic web 9 is provided with a tip plate 10. The elastic web is linked to the link plate by first inserting the end carrying the tip plate into the slot 8 in a downward direction as shown in Fig. 1 in juxtaposition with the end of the loop 6. then by passing the end carrying the tip plate through the slot 11 in an upward direction, as shownin Fig. 1, and then the opposite end of the elastic web, as represented by reference numeral 12, is passed through the slot 11 rin an oposite direction to that of the end carrying the tip plate.

The slots formed in the link plate are made to receive and maintain in frictional contact witll each other a double thickness Vof the web. In Fig. 2 the elastic web is shown drawn through the slots of the link plate to its normal position leaving the web overlapping and inclosing the tip plate as shown in Fig. 2. interposed between the web and link plate thereby efectually interlocking the elastic web to the link plate without subjecting the elastic web to the stitching or sewing operation which ordinarily destroys fthe elasticity of the rubber in the web.

Attention is called to the fact that when a `double thickness of the elastic web is inserted in the slot l1, the tip plate cannot be drawn through said slot because vthe slot is made of just sufficient width to receive a double thickness of the elastic web.

I am aware that a link plate (for adjusting purposes) such as shown in the drawing is old in the art, therefore I do not claim it generically but I do claim it in combination with the other elements described which, by their coperation combine and co-act to accomplish the new results herein described and particularly pointed out and deined in the claim.

. I claim Y A means for securing a relatively iXed end of the elastic web portion of the garter to the pad thereof, comprising a nonelastic loop securedk to the pad and a link plate formed with apprommately parallel slots, one slot adapted to receive the loop member and both slots adapted to receiveone terminal of the elastic web, the elastic web hav ing its normally free end downwardly threaded through the free slot, across ybeneth the loop plate and lupwardly through the slot receiving the loop member, across the top fof the plate and downwardly through the remaining slot and outwardly 'from said slot beneath the plate, and a tip secured to they plate-connected end of the web to rest upon the upper portion of the plate beneath the web and between the slots, the slots in the plate being of a size to be approximately filled by the portion of the web and loop passed therethrough, the loop and web presenting an uninterrupted bearingsurface `for the bottom `of the plate, whereby the loop and web prevent Vcontact of the metal of the link plate with the person of the wearer.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

WALTER Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commission-er of latents, Y kWashington, D. C. f 

